The Graduate

Just another take on graduation, with a report card file folder/ antique ephemera / notebook paper theme going on. The shots are of my son receiving his diploma with a very special teacher, Mr Billy Reid, of St Christophers CSS. Mr Reid was always encouraging , and willing to be an example of spirituality, health, and positive focus to all of us.
Colton just found out that he was awarded a Queen Elizabeth II Aiming for the Top scholarship worth $3500 each year for 4 years . It was created to ensure that hard working students who earn top marks at Ontario High Schools receive special recognition and support. He was selected as one of the top students at his high school and I am proud of him.

Wings Serenity

Butterflies have been a long time favorite symbol of mine.
The wings paper goes well with the Serenity Prayer.
I got the tiny white flowers from Amy L when she was clearing out
her  wedding stationary inventory online on Facebook last week.
I will be making a set of 20 cards for Bev T. with these papers. This is the first
batch of 4 cards.

Cap and Gown

Grad pics are a lot of fun to scrapbook because they are such a happy occasion. I left room for a picture and some journalling to be added. This is my usual inneffective tactic of, get the page done now/ journal later strategy. I better write something down soon before my mind loses its memory of that day!! Summer seems to be keeping me outside almost every day.

Colton heads off to university in 3 weeks. He will be missed!

Deal of the Decade

When you buy the new Art Philosophy Cricut cartride for 109$ you receive

700 shapes, a font, and 3D elements including flowers and boxes ;

3 coordinating stamp sets and 3 sheets chipboard dimensional elements:

already a huge value of over $140 in products.

Because you spent over $85 you also get the Pair a Phrase Stamp Set: a DOUBLE

set of coordinating stamps!! FREE!

Plus because you spent over $55 you can get the August Stamp of the month WICKED

for just $5.50... and that qualifies you to get the Typeface font FREE!!!

Deal of the decade, as far as i am concerned.

Drop me an email to order or call to book your party!

you live, you learn

the words to this layout title are from a song by Alannis Morissette that reflect the poignancy of both good times and bad in our life voyage of growth .

you live you learn

you love you learn
you cry you learn
you lose you learn
you bleed you learn
you scream you learn

you grieve you learn

you choke you learn
you laugh you learn
you choose you learn
you pray you learn
you ask you learn
pretty succint, huh?
i topped the photos with cricut lettering for the word YOU on gypsy purple and used my stamps to dress up the plain cardstock. I like the flow of the font on the bottom .

Prom May 2011

More of my son Colton's prom layouts. Formal themes like proms and weddings call for simplicity and in many cases use larger pictures so one or 2 photos per page is enough. I stuck with black and white and gypsy purple and amethyst cardstock throughout the layouts for consistency. Placing the photos first that I wanted over two 12 x12 white pages, I came up with ideas. The larger picture simply called for a double matt and mount on the background. Flourishes finish it nicely and the amount of white space makes the photo even more dazzling. When photos have to be cropped square, then square shapes become part of the layout design. Here, in the second layout, I created square boxes in amethyst the same size as the photos and matted all of the pieces onto a large square to get this look. The empty spaces will be used for journalling using a calligrapy pen. Flourishes were stamped into the corners.

Prom : Hope you had the Time of your Life!

My youngest son's prom was in May, and I have over 70 photos... not that I will scrap that many, but there were a lot of different friends and teams to take pictures of at the pre prom parties.

We started out here with his date, for a few shots, and then moved on to the Brennans (one of his closest friends who lives 2 blocks away) for a bit larger of a group, and then on to Camlachie on the lake for the big pre prom party with 20 guys and 20 gals taking part.

Colton chose light purple for his vest and tie to accent his dates dress, so my layouts are elegant black and white and lilac, just like his tux. I am not embellishing with any florals or girlie things, just a simple black swirl here and there with lots of negative white space for the background. I put together the first 4 pages at the Scrapbook for Japan in the Grove event this weekend. Thank you Robin A for the use of your Cricut machine! I like the trapezoid shaped lettering.